GE 30524 User manual

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user’s guide for your 30524 telephone system.
Parts checklist
Your telephone contains the following items. Save your sales receipt
and original packaging in the event warranty service is necessary.
Item Model number Quantity
- Telephone base with convertible
base mount attached
- Power adapter for telephone base
- Handset coiled cord
- Corded handset
- Telephone line cord
- User’s guide
30524EE2
30524EE3
30524EE4
30524EE5
1
- Cordless handset
- Charger
- Power adapter for charger
- Battery
- Battery compartment cover
30524EE2 1
30524EE3 2
30524EE4 3
30524EE5 4
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Model number:
30524
DECT 6.0 CORDED/CORDLESS TELEPHONE
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©2011 CCT Tech USA Inc.
Distributed in the U.S.A. by
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Model 30524
P/N: XXX
Version 1 02/2011
Printed in China
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Telephone base layout
repeat
Press to repeat a
message, or press
twice to play the
previous message
during message
playback.
play/stop
Press to play
messages or
stop playback.
ans on/o
Press to turn
the answering
system on or o.
skip
Press to skip to
the next message
during message
playback.
delete
• Press to delete the
message during
playback.
• Press and hold
to delete all old
messages when in
idle mode.
CID/up
• Press to review the
call log when the
telephone is not in
use.
• While in menu, press
to scroll up.
• Press to increase
the volume during
playback or call
screening.
phonebook/down
• Press to review the
phonebook when
the telephone is not
in use.
• While in menu, press
to scroll down.
• Press to decrease
the volume during
playback or call
screening.
menu/ok
• Press to show
menu.
• Press to select
an item, or to
save an entry or
setting.
ash/back
• During a call, press to
answer an incoming call if
you receive a call waiting
alert.
• During programming,
press to cancel and exit
without making changes.
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PPT
Press to initiate a PPT
intercom with system
handsets.
#/pause/ringer o
• Press and hold to
add a dialing pause
when dialing or
entering numbers
into phonebook.
• Press and hold to
turn the ringer o.
mute
Press to mute a call,
press again to resume
conversation.
speaker
• Press to make or
answer a call using
the speakerphone.
• During a call, press
to switch between
speakerphone and
corded handset use.
redial/format
• Press to review redial
list.
• Press to change the
telephone number
format (7 digits, 1+,
or 1+ area code) for
appropriate dialing.
Do not
disturb
Press to turn
global DND
mode on or
o.
intercom/nd
Press to page
system handsets,
initiate an
intercom call, or
transfer a call.
*/tone
During a
call, press to
send touch-
tone signals
temporarily.
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Handset layout
o/cancel
• During a call, press to hang up.
• During programming, press to cancel and
exit without making changes.
CID/volume up
• Press to review the call
log when the telephone
is not in use.
• While in menu, press to
scroll up.
• During a call, press
to increase the incoming
volume.
• During a call, press to
answer an incoming
call if you receive a call
waiting alert (if you
have subscribed to the
call waiting feature
from your service
provider).
• Press to access message
playback when in idle
mode.
del/int
• Press to delete the last
number or letter entered.
• Press to initiate an
intercom call or transfer
a call .
volume down
• While in menu, press to
scroll down.
• During a call, press to
decrease the incoming
volume.
menu/ok/mute
• Press to show menu.
• Press to select an item, or to
save an entry or setting.
• Press to mute a call,
press again to resume
conversation.
redial/format
• Press to review redial list.
• Press to change the
telephone number format (7
digits, 1+, or 1+ area code)
for appropriate dialing.
talk/speaker
• Press to make or answer
a call.
• Press to switch to
speakerphone during
a call or message
playback.
• During a call, press to
switch between
speakerphone and
normal handset use.
phonebook
• Press to review the
phonebook when the
telephone is not in use.
*/tone
• During a call, press
to send touch-tone
signals temporarily.
#/pause/ringer o
• Press and hold to turn the
ringer o.
• Press and hold to add a
dialing pause when dialing
or entering numbers into
phonebook.

4. Plug one end of the coiled cord into the jack on the bottom of the
telephone base and the other end into the jack at the bottom of the
corded handset.
2. Turn the telephone base over and position it with the power jack
and telephone line jack facing towards you.
3. Press on the convertible base mount indicated by arrows below to
remove it from the telephone base.
WALL
WALL
WALL
THIS END UP
FOR WALL USE
THIS END UP
FOR DESK USE
WALL
DESK DESK
WALL WALL
Route the
cord through
the tabbed
slot.
WALL
WALL
Charger installation (For models with additional handsets)
1. Plug the smaller end of the power adapter into the charger.
2. Plug the larger end of the power adapter into an electrical outlet
not controlled by a wall switch.
CAUTION:
1. Use only the power adapter that came with this unit. Using other power
adapters may damage the unit.
2. To prevent re or electrical shock hazard, do not expose this product to rain or
moisture.
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Initial settings
Date and time
In order for your answering system to accurately mark your messages,
you must set the time and date.
Using a cordless handset
1. Press when in idle mode.
2. Press or to select CLOCK & ALARM and then
press .
3. Press again to select SET DATE/TIME.
4. Enter the current month, day and year. For example,
May 16, 2010 should be entered as [0], [5], [1], [6], [1],
[0].
5. Press to conrm.
6. Enter the current hour and minute. For example, 9:30
should be entered as [0], [9], [3], [0]. Press or
to select AM or PM and then press to conrm.
Using the telephone base
1. Press when in idle mode.
2. Press / to select CLOCK & ALARM
and then press .
3. Press again to select SET DATE/TIME.
4. Enter the current month, day and year. For
example, May 16, 2010 should be entered as [0],
[5], [1], [6], [1], [0].
5. Press to conrm.
6. Enter the current hour and minute. For example,
9:30 should be entered as [0], [9], [3], [0]. Press
/ to select AM or PM and then press
to conrm.
Please refer to your 30524 user’s guide for complete
telephone settings.
CLOCK & ALARM
>SET DATE/TIME
10:30PM 11/20
SET DATE
05/16/10
10:30PM 11/20
SET TIME
09:30 PM
10:30PM 11/20
10:30 PM
11/20
CLOCK & ALARM
>SET DATE/TIME
10:30 PM
11/20
SET DATE
05/16/10
10:30 PM
11/20
SET TIME
09:30 PM
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Installing on a desk or tabletop
Telephone jack requirements
To use this phone, you need a RJ11C type modular
telephone jack, which might look like the one
pictured here, installed in your home. If you do not
have a modular jack, call your telephone service
provider to nd out how to have one installed.
If you have DSL high speed Internet service, a DSL
lter is required (not included). Contact your DSL
service provider for more information about DSL
lters.
Wall plate
Modular
telephone
line jack
1. Make sure the wall mounting tab is in DESK position. Use a coin or
small at tool to rotate it if needed.
NOTE: Refer to your 30542 user’s guide for wall mounting instructions.
6. Turn the set over and place the handset on the cradle. Plug one end
of the telephone line cord into the jack on the back of the telephone
base and the other end into a modular jack.
7. Plug the smaller end of the power adapter into the jack on the back
of the telephone base and the larger end into an electrical outlet
not controlled by a wall switch.
DSL lter (not included) is
required if you have DSL
high speed Internet service.
Route the cord through
the tabbed slot.
5. Replace the convertible base mount by aligning the small tabs to
the slots in the middle of the telephone base and the larger tabs in
the slots near the top as shown..
DESK
DESK
WALL
WALL
WALL
WALL
THIS END UP
FOR WALL USE
THIS END UP
FOR DESK USE
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Battery installation
Please fully charge your handset before use!
For optimum battery performance, charge the battery for 16 hours before rst
use.
1. Plug the battery connector
securely into the socket inside the
handset battery compartment.
Make sure that red and black wires
on the plug are properly inserted
into the socket as shown.
2. Place the
battery and
the wire inside
the battery
compartment.
4. Place the handset onto the charger as shown. An
animated battery icon will display after a few minutes
to show that the handset battery is successfully being
charged. For optimum performance, please allow the
battery to charge for 16 hours before rst use.
3. Align the
cover against
the battery
compartment
and slide it
upwards until it
clicks into place.
Animated
charging
indicator
red
wire
black
wire
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CAUTION:
1. Use only the supplied rechargeable battery or equivalent replacement battery.
See battery specications on the Technical specication page in your 30524
user’s guide or visit our website at www.gephones.com to nd out how to order
a replacement battery if necessary.
2. If the handset will not be used for an extended period of time, unplug the battery
and remove it from the handset to prevent possible leakage.